White House Covid Response Coordinator Ashish Jha addressed the monkeypox outbreak in July and stressed that what’s “really important” is not to use this moment “to propagate homophobic or transphobic messaging.” You can’t argue with the science.
We all know we have to walk on eggshells when talking about the monkeypox outbreak and how it’s spread, but the World Health Organization has another really important message: Don’t attack monkeys.
WHO warns people not to attack monkeys amid monkeypox outbreak. https://t.co/WfYkn5HaQX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 11, 2022
Marlene Lenthang reports for NBC News:
The World Health Organization is urging the public not to attack monkeys amid the monkeypox outbreak, following reports that primates have been poisoned and killed in Brazil.
“What people need to know is that the transmission we are seeing is happening between humans,” WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris said Tuesday at a press briefing in Geneva.
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“The name chosen for this new disease is very unfortunate. Many people in Brazil believe that monkeys carry the disease and are persecuting these animals,” Giovanini said, adding, “We are very concerned because this represents a huge threat to wild animals in Brazil, which are already very endangered.”
As Twitchy reported, the New York City Department of Health wrote a letter to the WHO asking them to change the name of the disease due to its “painful and racist history.”
@WHO earns every dollar they are paid.
I don’t understand why people question them. https://t.co/UiFH1oeDQO
— Shawn sees BS (@SeanPolitico) August 11, 2022
Wut? pic.twitter.com/hyLnhGyQLp
— VoiceoverPete 🔜 VOP 2024 (@VoiceoverPete) August 11, 2022
I love The Babylon Bee.
Oh wait… this is NBC.
— The Playful Walrus (@PlayfulWalrus) August 11, 2022
Good thing I was warned. I was headed to the zoo right before I saw this. 🙄🤡🌏 pic.twitter.com/BIfhhjbh1W
— ₿ioCrypt (@Ry_Conley) August 11, 2022
Same, this is a lifesaver.
— PROEUK (@proeuk) August 11, 2022
Kind of early to say, WHO doesn’t even know if COVID can be transferred from human to human yet.
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) August 11, 2022
You get it from eating bats.
"Do not attack monkeys amid monkeypox outbreak" pic.twitter.com/BFf3Qs0BP8
— River (@Ariverfish) August 11, 2022
Or else. pic.twitter.com/h2Be1TNIcR
— River (@Ariverfish) August 11, 2022
Shoot…I guess I gotta change my plans for today.
— Toni with an i (@WahooMom22) August 11, 2022
“I remember going full on Colonel Sanders on an entire warehouse of chickens when I got the chickenpox in ‘93” – nobody, ever
— Kevin Dalton (@KevinForBOS) August 11, 2022
The warning goes unheeded. pic.twitter.com/602O2iEUBd
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) August 11, 2022
Make love not war. pic.twitter.com/8H85WP3Qii
— Hunter (@Kamiphenonymous) August 11, 2022
This is exactly what monkeypox wants
— daisy ⊂(◉‿◉)つ (@EgoDeathDaisy) August 11, 2022
Can the WHO clarify for us just how monkeypox is spread so people stop blaming monkeys?
Related:
Guys, we ALL know: Thread takes ‘public health officials’ APART for being too woke to be honest about what’s REALLY spreading #monkeypoxhttps://t.co/VFrXBq1zXQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 5, 2022
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